'Then you have me at an advantage Mrs. Dippet' Ginny acknowledged ruefully, as she was forced to pick up cards adding to her already rather full hand. 'I've not played this much,' she admitted, 'I was never very good at it. My brother always beat me, so I could rarely be prevailed upon to play.'. Bertram had always been so competitive, and hated losing to his little sister, so when he had seemed to find a game which did not suit Ginnys tastes he had insisted that they play it a great deal. She had never gotten any better at it and had honestly never bothered to try.

'Bertram was always insufferable when he won, so I learned to accept my losses with some measure of grace' she said with a smile